Techstars Startup Week Seattle 2017: Full Schedule

Meet experts and network with your peers at Techstars Startup Week Seattle!

5:00pm PDT

Use Data for Inclusion

Examine how Design For Everyone can inadvertently exclude the very users who would challenge us to design better products and services. Apply insights from past mistakes to untangle how biases cloud both the gathering and interpreting of who our users are and what they need.

Moderators

Tiffany Dedeaux

Data Science Career Advisor, Metis

Tiffany Dedeaux empowers Tech Industry Warriors who see things differently. She arrived at Metis as a Data Science Career Advisor with a Masters of Arts in Psychology, a coaching credential from the International Coach Federation, and experience developing workshops on job search... Read More →

Speakers

Robin Counts

Senior Planner / Design Researcher, Microsoft

Robin Counts love combining art and science to make the world better, make experiences better for our world. She is especially inspired by work that supports those whose voices have been silenced by inequity in our social and economic systems. I am creative, collaborative, and scrappy... Read More →

Jeanine Spence

Experience Strategist, Be Curious With Us

Jeanine works with companies of all sizes to imagine innovative solutions that deliver customer value. Having worked on both the engineering and design sides, she draws together the vision and the plan to deliver unique experiences. She believes in the power of listening closely to... Read More →

Wednesday October 4, 2017 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Metis Seattle

Data-Driven, Customer Experience, Diversity and Inclusion, Inclusion, Marketing, Social Good, Social Impact, Talent and Culture, Workshop

6:00pm PDT

Diversity: Data-Driven Solutions for Startups

What is diversity and what can you do as a Startup organization to build a better practice from the beginning? How do you know when you've achieved your goal? We will begin to answer those questions as part of a panel discussion that includes:

Interrogating Your Motivations
Diversifying Leadership as a Strategy
Create Inclusive Work Environments

Instead of "breakout sessions" we will offer "dig in sessions" because we are all here to learn. These topics will include:

Sourcing Without Assumptions [Nicole Maddox]
How to Measure & Be Accountable in Your Recruiting Efforts [Steven Matly]

Moderators

Tiffany Dedeaux

Data Science Career Advisor, Metis

Alice Zhao

Senior Data Scientist, Metis

Alice, a Metis Data Science instructor, enjoys making complex things easy to understand.Alice comes to Metis from Cars.com, where she started as the company's first data scientist, supporting multiple functions from Marketing to Technology. During that time, she also co-founded a... Read More →

Speakers

Nicole Maddox

Nicole heads up HR and Recruiting at Convoy, a small upstart in the Freight industry based in Seattle. She fell into recruiting after graduating with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University. Nicole has managed technical recruiting at several companies... Read More →

Steven Matly

CEO and Founder, SM Diversity

Overcoming adversity is nothing new to Steven Matly. A high school dropout turned entrepreneur, he has twice created six figure revenue generating companies with less than $5,000 startup capital. Raised by a single mother in the South Seattle housing projects, Steven entered the... Read More →

Seth Stell

President & Co-Founder, HERE Seattle

Seth is President and Co-Founder of HERE Seattle, an organization for minorities in creative and technical industries in Seattle, Washington. Our community is founded on the principles of empowering members through networking, philanthropic activity and enhancing industry knowledge... Read More →

Thursday October 5, 2017 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Metis Seattle

Data-Driven, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session | Diversity & Inclusion, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session | Social Good, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session | Social Impact, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session | Startups, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session | Talent and Culture, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session